albugo

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin albūgō, from albus (“white”).

Noun

albugo (plural albugos or albugoes)

1. (dated) A leucoma.

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Latin

Etymology

albus (“white”) +‎ -ūgō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈbuː.ɡoː/, [äɫ̪ˈbuːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbu.ɡo/, [älˈbuːɡo]

Noun

albūgō f (genitive albūginis); third declension

1. albugo, leucoma, a disease of the eye

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	albūgō	albūginēs
Genitive	albūginis	albūginum
Dative	albūginī	albūginibus
Accusative	albūginem	albūginēs
Ablative	albūgine	albūginibus
Vocative	albūgō	albūginēs

Related terms

• albāmentum
• albārium
• albārius
• albātus
• albēdō

• albeō
• albēscō
• albicēris
• albicō

• albidus
• albitūdō
• albor
• albulus

• album
• albūmen
• alburnum
• albus

Descendants

• English: albugo
• Spanish: albúgine

References

• “albugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• albugo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• albugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “albūgō” on page 93/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)